President of the Republic of Serbia congratulates the newly elected Serbian Patriarch Porfirije

Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanovic

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has sent a congratulatory message to the newl elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, which states:

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"Your Holiness, I received with joy the news of your election as the heir to the Holy Throne of Pec - the throne of our father Saint Sava of Serbia.

On behalf of the Republic of Serbia, as well as all our citizens of Orthodox faith, I wish you to work for a long time and fruitfully in the field of the Lord in the name of Christ, and to the honor of the Serbian family and the entire Orthodox family.

Before you, leading our people, were great and notable Serbian archbishops and patriarchs who knew how to keep the faith, honor and image of our people in difficult times and respond to challenges that had lain before them.

This time, the difficult but honorable task has befallen you, to preserve the unity of the Serbian Orthodox Church and faith among the people of Saint Sava.

I assure you that in the times ahead, our Serbia will together with you act honorably and for the good of all people of good will and good faith, and all Serbs wherever they live, striving to survive and stay on the path that Saint Sava, Arsenije, Maksim, Georgije Brankovic, Varnava, German, Pavle and Irinej had taken. Long life, Holy Bishop," President Vucic's message concludes.

(Telegraf.rs)